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Fl_TeacherTool: Award-winning software with an uncertain future
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| Last month, when the National Center for Open Source and Education announced
| this year's FOSS and K-12 Education Awards, three of the five awards were
| given for software designed for the Linux Terminal Service Project (LTSP).
| Two were given to Eric Harrison and Paul Nelson, the founders of the K12LTSP
| distribution (now called K-12 Linux). The third was given to Robert
| Arkiletian, the developer of an administration application called
| Fl_TeacherTool that is designed specifically for K12LTSP. The award was only
| the latest acclaim for Fl_TeacherTool, which has a small but dedicated group
| of users in the classroom. Ironically, though, the award comes at a time when
| the tiny project faces significant challenges if it is to survive.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/151686
100 Free Open Courseware Classes About Open Source Everything
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| Open CourseWare and open education resources are founded on the principles of
| open source living, so it’s only natural that there are lots of open source
| courses to be found. In this guide, you’ll find courses on linux, open source
| philosophy, legal issues, and more.
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http://www.bschool.com/blog/2008/100-free-open-courseware-classes-about-open-source-everything/
Recent:
Education IT chiefs debate open source
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| The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher
| education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a
| debate over it. But debate there was, civilized and trenchant, this week
| during the annual Educause conference on high technology in higher education
| in the US.
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| "It's really tough to take [commercial software] systems built for a
| corporate world and stick them into an education world," said Bradley
| Wheeler, vice president for IT and CIO at Indiana University, adding that one
| recent book estimated education globally would spent US$5.5 billion
| installing ERP, much of it in modifying commercial software to meet
| institutional needs. "We spend so much money trying to hard fit those things
| in."
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1693114264;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
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